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Appliances. Apparently they are sister companies.

has a clean" ...More showroom. They had a fridge of the right dimensions. It was clean and it worked. Delivery was casually scheduled. I could not get a confirmed time, just a day. Calling their office yielded a secretary or relative who spoke broken English; communication suffered. But the fridge was eventually delivered on the designated day. My dead fridge was removed, the new one installed. A basic level of service.

-KEN K.

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salesmen far exceeded the big box stores personnel regarding their expertise of appliances they were selling and were not high pressure" ...More which validated my decision to purchase my dishwasher from them. Salesmen at both locations, fair price, prompt delivery and installation confirmed I will continue to shop at

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Personal opinion but I will not buy another front load washing machine again. They simply do not clean clothes as well as the old agitator style washers do. In the summer when I am hot and sweaty I have to wash shirts at least twice, sometimes up to four times to get the stink out. Also, while they may save water per load washed, they run a lot longer. My old washing machine took about 20 minutes to wash a load of clothes. The front loader takes about an hour. What it saves on water it more than makes up for in electricity I'm sure running three times as long. Our front loader has not leaked but it doesn't do the job for my clothes. Maybe someone sitting in an office all day has fewer problems having to rewash clothes.

As for appliance brand recommendations I have no particular favorites. They all seem to be disposable these days, often costing as much to repair as to replace. Samsung has made some good appliances as of late I've heard a lot of good reviews about from customers. I've got a customer who bought a Kenmore refrigerator when they built the house. The ice maker has gone out and the replacement part isn't any better since it's a known defect according to the appliance repairman they had look at it. It was just past the warranty so they didn't pay for another part to be installed that was going to fail again. Since Kenmore is made by other companies I'm sure they aren't the only one with this problem. We live in a disposable society. I look at how well it works, the warranty and cost and weigh the last two of those after kicking out the ones with bad reviews on that model.

Depends a lot on your current configuration. Rough numbers, $4-7,000 for the generator including autostart and automatic load transfer circuit box and master breakers (usually all come on the generator).

Electrical about $800 minimum, to maybe $2500. The $800 will get you a simple transfer switch installation but if you want some household circuits to run on the generator but others not, depending on how your current wiring is run, can run to $2000 to pull existing circuits to a new panel.

The problem is that all circuits that are going to be on the generator, unless you are planning to carry the entire household load, have to go to a separate circuit breaker panel which is fed off the automatic transfer switch, so they get power from either the power company or the generator, depending on which is providing power at the moment. That means the circuits running off either source have to be disconnected from your current breaker box, extended (commonly) over to the new box, and hooked up. All other circuits stay on your current breaker box, to run only off the public power when it is on. If the generator is large enough capactiy for your entire house load of course it costs more, but this circuit termination point moving is not needed, so electrical work drops way off to basically a connection box with the transfer switch.

A couple of words of advice - pay attention to weather protection, fire barrier between the unit and the house (including issues of overhead decks that can catch fire), automatic fire shutoff/suppression, and trickle charging from house power to generator battery. Also read CAREFULLY your power comopany rules on generator installation (commonly requires their signoff), any code restrictions on generators and noise in your area, and if your insurance rate will go up. (It definitely does if you have a fuel tank, I don't know if it does with natural gas-fired generators.)

You will find a number of brands that make dual-fuel ranges with convection oven - Jenn-air of course, and GE, Bosch, Kitchenaid, Maytag, LG, Samsung, Wolf, Frigidaire, Thermador, Viking all sellin the US. Almost all major brands make this a dual-fuel convection oven range - find model(s) you like, then start checking with local vendors to see who sells them locally - the big home improvement box stores and Sears, Best Buy for starts.

However, the bad news - according to an article I found, only Jenn-Air still makes downdraft stovetops, although I did find one blog notation about a person buying a European Viking with downdraft. Basically the fan capability in downdraft ranges is just not enough to capture the odors and grease and steam coming off a cooktop, so the other brands all dripped it and recommend an over-stove powered vent hood. Most downdraft units had about a 1/10HP fan that pulled about 300 cfm - the same as a modern bathroom fan,, when to actually cause a reverse (downward) airflow over a range requires more like 1000 cfm or more causing a downward airflow of about 10-20 mph - which would make for a little private windstorm around your stove. People also found they did not like the reduced oven size to accomodate the fan unit.

Thermador and Dacor and probably others make behind the range vent units that stick up a foot or two and pull some of the fumes from the rangetop, though reviews say their performance is iffy and basically only affects the rear burners.

My recommendation - go with an overhead vent hood and eliminate the greasy buildup and high humidity in the kitchen that go with downdraft ranges - you will also pay about half a much as for a Jenn-Air downdraft unit.

, especially if you're looking for high end appliances not typically found in other Tampa-area stores. I purchased a

fridge and other appliances and got great advice from

and her team. I did have a problem with the wine fridge because they model number didn't ...More match the description and they delivered the wrong one; however, I had no trouble getting the right model or making the exchange.

even gave me advice on things I didn't buy from her. You can't go wrong by checking out

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- Ellen A.

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I was so impressed with my appliance co. They gave me

appliance number . I bought a washer and dryer. It was 2 years old. It was

for 500.00 . They delivered it for me too.
. I am writing this review, because I am over seas right now. I didn't expect this to happen. This co really took ...More care of me. The service was spectacular ........... AMEN LOL

you rock
Thank Again”

- p H.

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Horrible. Contract signed in

. Contractor had us sign duplicate contract in September and still, despite our weekly calls to prompt installation the well wasn't installed until the first week of December. The electric wasn't connected and well was not fully functioning until mid-February. The owners were pushy about ...More final payment before the entire project was complete, acted snubbed when collateral services were declined, and failed to respond to questions and equipment problems immediately after full payment was received.”

- Casey H.

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It seems every appliance in our kitchen has to fit into a non-standard space! We began looking for a refrigerator but decided to keep ours and replace the dishwasher and

instead.

researched different brands and worked with us all the way. He made suggestions and addressed our concerns. In the end everything ...More worked out perfectly and we are very pleased with both appliances. Excellent customer service!

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- RITA AND ANGEL V.

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This was a terrible experience from the moment the dishwasher was installed in our home. This company does not stand behind their products and WASTES customers times with outright

, incompetent advice, and useless visits from supposed "repair" agents. I live in a neighborhood near the

's ...More store in South Tampa. This dishwasher NEVER has cleaned the dishes adequately. As well, the castors holding in the top rack broke, and the top rack fell, breaking dishes and glasses all over the place. A repairman was sent out, and replaced the top rack, and it broke again, after the warranty expired. As well, the dishwasher has just never cleaned adequately -- food remained stuck on the dishes. I am 50 years old and know how to use a dishwasher -- my old one worked much better. When I complained to the sales person, they put me off, telling me it was a "hard water" problem -- that I had the "wrong" dishwasher for the kind of water the City of Tampa provides, and also I needed to use the Lemishine product, which I never had to use this before. I found this to be strange to tell me AFTER my purchase -- they were well aware of where my dishwasher would be installed, and that I would be using City of Tampa water -- a good salesperson would make that suggestion before the appliance was installed. The bottom line is -- I wasted hours of time trying Lemishine, and having their warranty repair visits. Finally, I had an independent repair person come, who made modifications to the dishwasher, and it has worked better, but not well. I mainly handwash my dishes. I wrote to the management of

's and after being treated rudely by the sales manager, someone finally offered me 50% off a new purchase. Since this dishwasher was defective from the start, which they refused to acknowledge, I didn't feel that was adequate.
200When we buy appliances now, I go to other businesses. These people just don't stand behind their products, and I was not even able to contact Whirlpool.

's to me are just dishonest. They told me many untruths and wasted my time. No concern for my time or making me happy as a future customer. This experience was some time ago, but I think people should be aware that

's are not as wonderful as their ads. I don't want to risk bad service and defective goods with any more expensive appliance purchases.”

- LISA D.

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They are definitely very responsive and a great company to work with. We buy appliances from there. We have a builder rep there. We have worked with him many times over the years. He is very knowledgeable and understands our business. He doesn?t try to oversell things to customers. He makes everybody feel good about what they are buying. He also ...More knows the features of the appliances and how they work.”

- Heather D.

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When we arrived at

the owner took one look at my kitchen design and felt very strongly that we needed to make some changes. She helped me sort of redesign things and the project turned out amazing. The appliances we left with were great and they were priced competitively.”